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On 02/02/2017 10:52 AM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 10:36 AM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote: |
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>> Why does dev-java/icedtea try to pull in GTK (and thus X) |
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>> on a headless server? That stuff belongs in a desktop profile, not in |
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>> the base one. |
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> The base profile isn't "headless server" - it is just generic. |
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If this is how everyone is treating it, then we should at least document |
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that fact... |
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> The problem is that if you treat the base profile as "minimal" then |
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> you lose the ability to maintain an upstream-default profile (unless |
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> you end up with a huge package.use.force/mask file which IMO is the |
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> wrong place to put stuff like this). |
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Why would you need package.use.force/mask? The upstream defaults would |
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build on top of the minimal base profile, in plain old package.use. In |
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the profile is exactly where the upstream defaults belong in an |
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"upstream defaults" profile. |
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I think (base == minimal) is the simpler way to allow both possibilities. |
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